The Good Works Reader

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2007. júl. 16. - 360 oldal
Often considered one of the sparks that ignited the Reformation, the place of "works" in the Christian life is still debated. In this volume distinguished theologian Thomas Oden draws together Christian teaching from across the centuries to provide a comprehensive witness on this essential topic.

Oden listens to the timeless teaching of the patristic writers, the theologians who defined orthodoxy in the first five centuries after Christ. His listening extends not only to well-known fathers such as Augustine, Irenaeus, and Eusebius, but also to lesser-known yet no less important fathers such as Oecumenius, Pseudo-Basil, and Peter Chrysologus. Oden's masterly compendium of classic Christian teaching covers treatment of the poor, the outcast, the imprisoned, and "the least of these." Anyone involved in any ministry of compassion will find stunning spiritual resources here.
 

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Introduction
1
Why Good Works Require Careful Study
4
Believers Seek Integration
5
On the Genre of the Reader
10
The Reformers as Models of Patristic Learning
16
PART
27
Feeding Quenching
30
54
31
The Icons of the Persecuted
219
The Wicked Serve the Good without Being Aware of It
220
A Larger Justice Hidden in Injustice
221
You Are Blessed When Falsely Reviled for Christs Sake
222
The Spirit Will Help You Speak the Truth
223
Endurance
224
Do Not Seek Persecution
226
Blessing Persecutors
227

B Inherit the Kingdom Prepared for
35
The Law and the Poor
46
Fire and Water
55
G The Fatherless
61
The Gifts and Hospitality of True Widowhood
67
Our Own Choices Affect Our Eternal Destiny
77
PART
83
27
86
Not by Bread Alone
94
42
103
The Incarnate Lord Willingly Depended on the Hospitality of Others
113
Aliens Strangers and Pilgrims
114
Whether Hospitality Depends upon the Worthiness of the Visitors Motive
115
The Ministry of Hospitality
116
G Biblical Models of Hospitality
117
Icons of Hospitality
118
The Plight of the Traveler
119
Lots Hospitality
122
84
123
Rebekah as an Icon of Hospitality
125
So?
126
The Glory of Nakedness in the Original State Now Fallen
127
94
128
While the Fallen Adam Needed Clothing the Ascended Lord Did Not
129
Caring for the Body in Proper Balance without Anxiety
131
Consider the Lilies
132
Toward Modesty
134
The Icon of John the Baptist
135
So What Does This All Mean?
137
You Gave Me to Drink
149
REACHING OUT FOR THE OUTCAST
161
EERDMANS The Good Works Reader Oden pg
164
Enabling the Disabled
171
The Healing Community
177
Slow of Tongue
182
The Grace of Speech
183
The Isolated World of the Blind and Dumb Demoniac
184
With Demons Cast Out Tongues Were Loosed
185
F Binding Up Demonic Powers
187
Why the Demons Were First to Recognize the Messiah
188
Exorcising the Demons of Compulsive Behavior
189
G Uprooting Addictions
193
The Dilemma of Addictive Behaviors
194
Confronting Addiction
196
SelfConstraint over the God of the Belly
197
PART FOUR THE IMPRISONED AND THE PERSECUTED
201
You Came to Me
202
As If in Prison with Them
203
Bought with a Price
204
Paul Wrote from Prison
205
The Ambassador in Chains
206
Listening to Pauls Chains
207
Confident Witness amid Imprisonment
208
Faithful Women Too Suffered Imprisonment
209
B Witnessing in Prison
210
Joseph Was Happier Being Righteously in Prison Than Free Lacking Righteousness
212
Joseph as a Type of Christ
213
The Imprisonment of John the Baptist
214
Jesus in Dying Preached to the Imprisoned Souls
215
0047
217
The Martyrs Gift
218
Bless Your Persecutors
229
Sheep among Wolves
230
The Evil Depths of Human Freedom
231
E Absorbing Hatred
233
The Enemy Within
234
Persecution Visited upon Early Christians from All Sides
236
Stand Firm
237
To the End
238
What We Learn from the Mustard Seed
239
F Nothing Can Separate Us
240
The Greatness of Gods Power Revealed in Trials
241
All Historic Contingencies Are Viewed in EndTime Perspective
242
All Believers Share in the Suffering of Each
244
Join the Battle
245
Let Your Forbearance Be Known
246
Summing Up the Forbearing Motif
247
PART FIVE THE LEAST OF THESE
249
A The Child
250
Who Is the Greatest?
251
What Children Know That Adults Have Tended to Forget
252
Learning Guilelessness
253
Relearning Lowliness
255
Jesus Chose the Least of the Unlettered to Accomplish His Mission
256
Providence Works through Limitations
258
The Greater Value of Lesser Things
259
The Body Needs Hands and Feet
260
The Day of Small Things
261
The Foolishness of God
262
Works of Mercy
264
You Welcomed
273
E Put Away Bitterness
276
PART SIX PHILANTHROPY
289
Excessive Luxury Makes One Dead While Still Alive
291
The Difficulty of the Rich Entering the Kingdom
292
Riches Are Not Evil as Such but a Temptation to Evil
293
The Rich Not Excluded from Gods Mercy
294
The Transformation of Zacchaeus
295
Becoming Rich toward God
297
B The Stewardship of Wealth
298
The Pattern
299
Philanthropy
300
Treasures on Earth
301
Avoid Unfair Acquisition
302
Psychological Evasions of Covetousness
304
The Love of Money
306
The Souls of the Greedy
307
The Fleeting Nature of Riches
309
By Desiring More Pride Becomes Less
310
Money and the Love of Money
311
What Needs to Be Guarded
312
Cheerful Giving
313
The Poor in Jerusalem
314
Paul Pled for Generosity on Behalf of the Poor
315
Depart from Me 1 The Impenitent in Final Judgment 317
317
B The Timing of Good Works
325
through Works of Love
333
E Reconciling James and Paul
344
F Faith Bears Fruit
351
H Conclusion
359
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Thomas C. Oden (1931-2016) was Henry Anson Buttz Professor Emeritus of Theology at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. The author of some forty books, he was also general editor of the multivolume Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture.

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